Jean-Servais Stas ( 1813 - 1891 )

Birth: Louvain, Belgium (21 August or 20 September 1813) Death: Brussels, Belgium (13 December 1891) Research Field: Chemistry Education: MD Career: Worked in Paris; Professor of Chemistry, Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels (1840-1865); retired due to a speech impediment; worked at the Mint (to 1872); developed a method of detecting vegetable alkaloids (1850) which was later modified by Friedrich Julius Otto and known as the Stas-Otto method Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 3/04/1879 Medals/Prizes: Davy Medal 1885.